Level 2 ASMF e-copy Set

Level 2 Addition and Subtraction covers the addition and subtraction only learning intentions for children aged about 7 to 9 years old.

At this level, students are able to estimate reasonable answers to more difficult addition and subtraction equations, and they are becoming aware of the mental strategies needed to quickly compute equations with 2-digit numbers. 

 

The learning intentions covered in this book are:

• Able to estimate using known number facts
• Able to add and subtract 9 using 10
• Able to add a single-digit to a double-digit number using the part/whole method
• Able to subtract a single-digit from a double-digit number using the part/whole method
• Able to use doubles of teens to solve addition and subtraction
• Able to use standard partitioning to add 2-digit numbers
• Able to use tidy numbers to add 2-digit numbers
• Able to use compensation to add 2-digit numbers
• Able to use difference to subtract 2-digit numbers
• Able to use standard partitioning to subtract 2-digit numbers

Level 2 Multiplication covers the multiplication only learning intentions for children aged about 7 to 9 years old.

At this level, students are encouraged to commit their times tables to memory and understand the meaning of multiplication. They are beginning to grasp the relationship between skip counting (e.g., 3, 6, 9, 12), repeated addition (3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12), multiplication (4 x 3 = 12) and division (12 ÷ 4 = 3) although this may only just be emerging.

 

The learning intentions covered in this book are:

• Knows multiplication facts x9
• Knows multiplication facts x4
• Knows multiplication facts x6
• Knows multiplication facts x8
• Knows multiplication facts x7
• Has knowledge of the doubling and halving strategy
• Has knowledge of the distributive property of multiplication
• Knows multiplication facts x11 and x12

Level 2 Fractions covers the fractions only learning intentions for children aged about 7 to 9 years old.

At this level, students understand that fractions are equal parts of whole numbers, and they can recognise all common unit fractions (e.g., ¼). They are still working on strategies to find fractions of sets (e.g., one quarter of 20 is 5) and the ordering of fractions (e.g., that ½ is bigger than ¼). They have briefly been introduced to improper fractions (those with values over 1) and are starting to learn some of the more common equivalent fractions (e.g., 1/2 is the same as 2⁄4).

 

The learning intentions covered in this book are:

• Understands sizes of fractions in relation to the whole
• Able to order unit fractions
• Able to find ½, ¼, ⅓ and ⅕ using additive strategies
• Understands division as sharing or grouping
• Able to find non-unit fractions of shapes
• Able to find non-unit fractions of numbers
• Able to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
• Able to recognise improper fractions

The Linear Series (Books 1-20) cover ALL learning intentions in the curriculum. They start at Year 0 (Book 1) and continue to Year 6 (Stage 6). The Linear Series books are recommended if you wish to support your child through the mathematics curriculum as they grow.

The Subject Area books (addition and subtraction, multiplication and fractions) are collections of the material taken from the Linear Series (Books 1-20). The Subject Area books cover only learning intentions that are relevant to that book. The Subject Area books are recommended if your child has a particular difficulty in one area, like fractions.